The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-12-08
NORTH CAROLINA'S TOBAC
CO INTEREST.
ECHOES OF THE TOBACCO CON-
VENTION HELDAT MOREHEAD
The Committees Report Full of Wis
dom They Say Put Your Shoulder to
the Wheel and Blow Your Trumpet.
North Carolina TObaecOs Must No Longer Sal
Under False COlOrs.


Under False COlOrs.
The following is the report of the
committee appointed by the Tobacco
Convention held at Morehead, North
Carolina, August 18th, 1887, to set
forth the most practical ideas necessary
to obtain for North Carolina the credi,
due her as Tobacco producing State
The document is one, if followed out
| that would win for her the most bene-
fetal results
"The Tobacco Convention that met
at Morehead on August II, 1887, ap-
pointed the undersigned a committee
to draft an address to the Tobacco
growers and dealers OF North Carolina
The Importance of the duty assigned
us we properly estimate, and after due
reflection submit the following to the
careful consideration of all North Car
olinians interested in the production
manufacture, handling and sale ot
Tobacco.
MOTH CAROLINIANS MUST PUT THEIR
SHOULDERS TO THE WHEEL If THEY
WANT TO WIN SUCCESS.
"Ihere is no State in the great Sis
terhood that has greater variety of soil
or that produces greater variety Of
commercial articles than North Caro-
lima. Indeed, it has been truly as
serted that no State equals it in the
number and variety of it's products.
| Unfortunately North Carolina has been
for some time Indifferent 10 her own
hest interests and at all times modest.
She has been silent under Sights, and
long suffering when deprived of her
just rights and privileges. The old
story of Hercules and the WAGNER ap-
plies to all States and individuals. The
people who would thrive and have re-
nown with prosperity must exercise a
proper amount of self-assertion and be
sure to help themselves. Put your own
shoulder to the wheel if you would see
the stalled wagon move out Of the
deep bog or rut in which it is imbed-
ded. Hercules only proposed to aid
the WAGNER as he attempted to help
himself
HOW SHALL NORTH CAROLINA MAKE
KNOWN TO THE WORLD THE SUPERB.
oRITY OF HER TOBACCO.
"If North Carolina has been over.
looked it is mainly her own fault. II
her splendid Tobacco crops that have
enriched others and added to theil
fame, have not been duly credited tc
North Carolina, it is for the most part
both her misfortune and neglect. Hel
TobacCos of unrivalled excellence have
been sent into other markets to give
fame to the State in which they are
sold. The richest, finest, brightest
Tobaccos of the continent are hers,
and if other States claim them, and
North Carolina is silent under the
robbery, then she must lay the charge
of neglect at her own door, for those
who will not protect themselves must
look in vain for protection from others
THE DUTY OF EVERY TOBACCO MAN Oh
THE GOLD NORTH STATE"
"As North Carolinans, with a fail
amount of State pride, it is the duty OF
Tobacco men-the producer as we'll a:
the manufacturer and dealer-to COM
bine for the fostering Of their own in
terests, and to SO organize and sys.
tematize a plan as shall hereafter give
all needed protection to the great
staple, and secure for it the needed rec,
ognition in the markets of the world
The time has surely come for re-
solved, united effort in behalf of the
fine Tobacco Of our great producing
State. How shall this best be done
In what way can the fact be SO made
known that North Carolina stand:
easily first among all States as the pro.
ducer Of the Golden Leaf-that kind
of Tobacco that for sweetness, beauty
texture, lustre, and body eclipse the
finest Tobacco grown in any other
State-that rich, aromatic weed that
has made other markets famous at the
expense of our own? How shall the
world learn plain fact-that North
Carolina Brights' are much superior to
all other TobaccoS grown elsewhere
! That is the important question FOL
North Carolina. That is the highly
interesting subject that concerns ever,
patriotic and loyal son of the State
North Carolina only asks for what i:
her due. She ought not to be content
with less.
SHALL THE MERITS OF NORTH CAROLISl
TOBACCO CONTINUE TO BE SUPPREssE
sIt is known to those who have
visited the larger cities ior the las
thirty years, that the fine Tobaccos o
North Carolina are sold in those mar
kets as coming from another State
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